The July 2017 Mississippi Bar Examination:
July 25th and 26th, 2017

Examination Location:
Jackson Marriott
200 East Amite Street
Jackson, MS 39201

Application Deadline: February 1, 2017
Late Application Deadline: April 1, 2017

Staff Contact Information

Wendy Smith
Bar Admissions Administrative Assistant IV - wsmith@courts.ms.gov
Processes applications and responds to questions about filing an application for any applicant whose last name begins with the letters A – L

Denise Ricketson
Bar Admissions Administrative Assistant IV - dricketson@courts.ms.gov
Processes applications and responds to questions about filing an application for any applicant whose last name begins with the letters M - Z and responds to questions about filing an application

Linda B. Knight
Bar Admissions Administrator - lknight@courts.ms.gov
Oversees scheduling and administration of hearings, bar examination, and publication of bar results, as well as requests for accommodations

All applications must be completed online. To file an application, your completed online application must be printed, signed, notarized, and submitted to the MS Board of Bar Admissions to be received on or before the application deadline date.                                           

There is an additional $25.00 application fee for all applications. The $25.00 fee can be combined in the same payment with your application filing fee. (Please note that personal or business checks are not accepted.) Money orders or cashier‘s checks are to be made payable to the MS Board of Bar Admissions and must be submitted at the time you file your application.

Our office does not refund any fees. Applicants whose application is, either voluntarily or involuntarily, dismissed will automatically forfeit all previously paid fees.

***See application links for applicable fees***
Please read all instructions carefully on our website. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure their application is completed in a timely manner. If an applicant does not complete his/her application within the time period required, their application may be dismissed.

Links to all applications and forms are listed under “Bar Admissions” on the right side of this page. Once you complete the requisite forms, you must print them off, have the appropriate pages notarized, and submit them, along with your application, to the Board of Bar Admissions.

FINGERPRINTS - Please note that all applicants are required to obtain and submit their fingerprints as part of the application process. We have provided a fingerprint card/sheet, which can be found at the following link, which you can print off and have completed: Fingerprint Card

NCBE NUMBER - The NCBE Number was introduced in January 2012 as the unique identifier for an examinee's MBE score. The NCBE Number is required to register for the Mississippi Bar Examination and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). Click on the following link to register and request your NCBE Number: Get an NCBE Number.

Application for Registration as a Law Student (Law Student Application):
This link will take you to the Application for Registration as a Law Student and Instructions. The application and filing fee is to be filed on or before October 1st, immediately following completion of two (2) semesters of law school, or the equivalent thereof. Any person who does not comply with the October 1st deadline shall be permitted to file a late law student application upon payment of a late registration fee; however, the completed application must be filed with the Board on or before March 1st preceding the February examination deadline, or on or before August 1st preceding the July examination filing deadline of which applicant proposes to sit.

July 2017 Bar Exam Online Application: 
This link will take you to the July 2017 Bar Exam Application and Instructions. (If you have previously filed an application with the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, e.g. Application for Registration as a Law Student or Exam Application, please read the instructions below pertaining to the Application Update to see if you qualify to use it.)

July 2017 Application Update: 
Complete this form if you have previously filed an application with the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions. Please read the instructions included with the Application Update to see if you qualify to use it. Complete an Application Update if:

Admission on Motion Application: will take you to the Admission on Motion Instructions and Application, as well as a link that lists all the jurisdictions with which Mississippi has reciprocity. Eligibility for Admission on Motion in Mississippi is restricted to those who have practiced not less than five (5) years in a jurisdiction(s) that accept(s) Mississippi attorneys for admission without examination.  The five (5) year practice of law requirement contemplates that the work done by the applicant be of a general legal nature but not work that is very narrow in scope, is of a type which need not be performed by an attorney, or does not generally require the services of an attorney.  An attorney’s five (5) years of prior practice must have constituted a full-time or regular undertaking and not have been on only an occasional or haphazard basis.